One of my biggest concerns when I started this journey was that I'd always be as hungry and always have the appetite that I did when I was at my heaviest. I always used to eat until I was uncomfortable. I didn't believe in leaving anything on my plate, and always ate incredibly fast which led to me eating way past my point of being full without realizing it until well after the meal was finished.
Over the last 4 months I've done a flexible style of CICO with no hard restrictions. This meant I was still able to eat out occasionally, just not like I had before. Get a burger but no fries when I went to mcdonalds for example. Because of this change, I never really felt restricted and tempted to binge (outside of one birthday experience where the alcohol was the caloric killer not the meal).
Today was a bit different though. We were scraping the bottom of our food supply as tomorrow is shopping day and we wanted to stretch out what we had as much as possible, so we decided to have some frozen burgers with homemade buns. This was all well and good until a couple hours before and the buns didn't turn out and the burgers were freezer burnt. So our last bit of food being bad, compounded with a teething baby crying all day and what felt like an overall stressful day led to me asking my wife if she wanted what used to be a regular for me, Donairs.
I ordered a Large donair with a side of fries. I have no idea the calories, but this donair is an absolute monster. My co workers used to be blown away that I'd finish it in one sitting. Well today, I got maybe 1/2 through the fries, and less than half of the donair down before I just couldn't eat another bite. I was completely satiated despite the food in front of me being delicious, and I had no desire to eat any more. This was the first time since January that I allowed myself a chance to completely let loose and binge on food, and I am still elated at how my body reacted.
So for those worried that their appetite will never be anything less than it is now, there's hope. I never could have imagined myself not being able to, or even wanting to finish what used to be one of my favorite meals a few months ago, but here I am. Almost 4 hours after my meal and I still feel satiated.
I know this may not apply to everyone, but for those worried about it I can promise you in some cases, it gets much easier as time goes on!
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